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With Children and Youth

Edited by Hans A. Skott-Myhre, Kiaras Gharabaghi, and Mark Krueger
Subjects: Law, Child Advocacy, Social Science, Child Studies, Political Science, Social Services, Social Policy
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

With Children and Youth provides a snapshot of emerging theories and perspectives in the field of child and youth care across North America. Well-known scholars and researchers present new and innovative ...

After Prison

Edited by Adrienne M.F. Peters & Rose Ricciardelli
Subjects: Political Science, Social Services, Social Science, Sociology, Social Policy, Law

Employment for former prisoners is a critical pathway toward reintegration into society and is central to the processes of desistance from crime. Nevertheless, the economic climate in Western countries ...

Surviving Incarceration

By Rose Ricciardelli
Subjects: Social Science, Sociology, Political Science, Social Policy, Law, Social Services

Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving ...

The Social Origins of the Welfare State

By Dominique Marshall
Translated by Nicola Doone Danby
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines, Translation, Political Science, Social Services, Social Policy, History, Canadian History
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

The Social Origins of the Welfare State traces the evolution of the first universal laws for Québec families, passed during the Second World War. In this translation of her award-winning Aux origines ...

Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition

Edited by Anne Westhues & Brian Wharf
Subjects: Social Science, Sociology, Political Science, Social Policy, Social Services, Multiculturalism, Social Work

Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, ...